Whereas language and gender studies’ explorations of couples’ talk have tended to focus on collaborative vs competitive conversational style, social psychological work on couples’ intimate relationships has long been driven by an interest in expressions of affection. This paper aims to show that linguistic discourse analysis can make a significant contribution to our understanding of how affection is expressed in intimate relationships. The paper focuses on the playful switching of frames, voices, codes and personas which emerges as central to the affectionate practice in the spontaneous talk of a young multi-cultural London couple. It argues that quantitative interview studies based on an a-priori understanding of affection are unable to capture many of the idiosyncratic and creative ways in which speakers express their affection for one another in their intimate talk.

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“你是愚蠢的，你是丘比特”：在一对年轻的伦敦夫妇的谈话中，俏皮的复调作为深情表达的资源

语言和性别研究对夫妻谈话的探索往往侧重于合作与竞争的谈话风格，而关于夫妻亲密关系的社会心理学研究长期以来一直受到对情感表达的兴趣的驱动。本文旨在表明语言话语分析可以对我们理解亲密关系中的情感表达方式做出重大贡献。这篇论文的重点是框架、声音、代码和人物角色的有趣转换，这在一对年轻的多元文化伦敦夫妇的自发谈话中成为深情实践的核心。